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title: MailMergeField.Previous Property (Word)
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- vbawd10.chm152961033
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- Word.MailMergeField.Previous
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# MailMergeField.Previous Property (Word)

Returns the previous mail merge field in the collection of mail merge fields. Read-only.


## Syntax

 _expression_ . **Previous**

 _expression_ A variable that represents a **[MailMergeField](mailmergefield-object-word.md)** object.


## See also


#### Concepts


[MailMergeField Object](mailmergefield-object-word.md)

